Calipari addressed the criticism, saying, “Was that a story? Was that a story, really?”

Calipari then defended his sartorial choice on Saturday, saying he wasn’t going to mess up his $1,500 suit on the plane ride back to Kentucky: “I was getting ready for a nine-hour plane flight, did they expect me to go in a suit? Suit’s $1,500, I’m not going to wrinkle that up.”

He continued, “I get changed after every game on the road because I’m going to the plane as fast as I can go to the plane.”